Carrier and handle therefor



L. L. LUCE.

CARRIER AND HANDLE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 19, I919.

1,359,461 Patented NOV. 16, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Pics.

LORENZO L. LUCE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOTLRI, SASSIGNOR \TO .LUZCEIRUNKCOMPANY, O13.ILBQBTSASCITY, .MISSOURI, A PARTNERSHIP -GONSISIING 0F'LORENZOAL. LUCE,

LORENZO oon, AND MILTON H. LUOE.

CARRIER AND HANDLE THEREFOR.

Application filed. June 19, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO L. Loon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriers andHandles Therefor; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to carriers and particularly to portablereceptacles for papers, merchandise, and the like.

The invention resides in providing a novel handle arrangement for thecarrier and while the invention is capable of a multitude ofapplications, I have shown it as applied to a leather case and for thepurpose of disclosing a comprehensive conception of the invention, Iwill hereinafter refer to it in connection with a leather case, althoughthis term is used in its broadest sense to include receptacles of anykind to which the invention is applicable, or to parcel carriers aswell.

In the drawings,

Figure I is a perspective view of a leather case to which my inventionis applied.

Fig. II is a fragmentary perspective view showing the handle membersseparated, and

Fig. III is a crosssectional view through the handle when the membersare secured together.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference:

1 designates a case provided with a closure flap 2, carrying a latchmember 3 to engage a keeper in the lock 4 of approved construction. Thehandles are here shown as consisting of two members designated 5 and 6respectively. and they form part of a leather loop consisting of a band7 looped over the case and secured thereto by the loops 8. The handlemembers are diametrically opposite one another and the handle 6 isformed by folding over a part Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Serial No. 305,386.

of the strap or loop 7 about a felly or core 9 and sewing the edges 10and 11 together.

The complementary handle member 5 consists of a channeled or groovedbody secured to the strap 7 by rivets or other suitable fastening means,indicated by the reference numerals l2 and 13. The complementaiy memberis preferably made of a sheet metal core 14:, covered with leather andprovided with arcuate terminals 15 and 16 to engage the strap when thecomplementary member 6 is received in the groove of the member 5.

When access is to be had to the case or receptacle 1, the members willbe separated as shown in Fig. II, but when it is desired to carry thecase, the member 6 will be received in the grooved member 5 whichconstitutes the grip for the handle so that only one grip will bepresented to the person carrying the device.

Liability of the handle member 6 becoming accidentally separated fromthe memher 5 during transportation will be avoided by the arcuatefingers 15 and 16, which act as keepers for the handle 6 by bearing uponthe strap 7 as will be apparent by reference to Fig. I.

With a carrier such as disclosed in my invention the entire weight iscarried by the strap or band 7 so that liability of the bandle tearingloose from the case will be eliminated and since the entire weight issupported by the band or strap 7, there will be no excessive strainsupon the case 1 as would occur if the handles were fastened to the topof the case.

In so far as the handle or grip feature of the invention is concerned,however, the invention is also applicable to that class of cases inwhich the handles would be secured by short straps sewed to the sides ofthe case or to some other convenient portion thereof.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A carrier having a handle consisting the fingers bear upon thecarrier to lock the second mentioned member in the groove.

2. A carrier having a handle consisting of two members, one of which isof channel form and provided With pointed, outstanding fingers et itsrespective ends, the other member being receivable Within the channeland having a part thereof extendible beneath the fingers whereby the twoparts of the handle are locked together. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LORENZO L. LUCE.

